Patton Academic Center Faculty and Staff
Persisting -- Stick to It! was the message guests
read on the marquee at the John Leslie Patton, Jr. Academic Center as they
arrived for the Title I Community Meeting at Nolan Estes Plaza this
evening. Available copies of The
Lion’s Roar campus newsletter also reminds students that persistence
is a trait of successful people and encourages persevering in a task to
completion.
The Patton Academic Center serves our over-age high school
students, up to age 21, who desire to graduate from high school.
The June 2013 Patton class proudly marched 86 graduates -- 82 of
these graduates were accepted into either a four or two year college or training
school.
Unfortunately, as educational bureaucracy goes, the state evaluated
Patton on only 39 students, though they graduated 86.
Focusing on Punctuality, Responsibility, Initiative,
Determination and Excellence or PRIDE, the Patton
Academic Center met Standards for Student Performance.
A significant note -- 63.5% of students at the Patton Academic
Center are mobile. In other words,
regularly or nightly these students have no reliable place to lay their heads.
Yet, through this and other severe hardships and challenges, they persist. Their stories, actions and attitudes are
inspirational.
Thank you, Patton Academic Center teachers, staff and
administration. Your own persistence,
dedication, and belief in this population of students helps them to
persevere. It is clear -- they depend on
you. Even more, they appreciate
you.
Principal Dwain Simmons provides campus leadership at the John
Leslie Patton, Jr. Academic Center where they are helping students develop with
persistence.
